Holy pack of LIES Batman!

The Federal Reserve's image has suffered some mighty blows since the financial meltdown and people are calling for an audit and even for the end of
the Fed. People are starting to wake up.

How does the Fed respond? They put out a load of new propaganda to brainwash the next generation into mindless followers in the form of five new comic
books. Too little to late? I sure hope so.

Comic Books From the Federal Reserve

When comic books first arrived on the American scene, they were funny, or their pages were filled with the daring exploits of real or imagined heroes.
Now, they’ve become a conduit for propaganda. The New York Fed, well known as the Federal Reserve System’s leading policymaker, has produced five
very colorful 24-page comic books to explain everything the Fed would have us know about money, monetary policy, banking, inflation, and the Federal
Reserve itself. The title of each book starts with “The Story of … ” Each truly provides quite a story, but not important facts needed to begin
pulling our nation out of its economic doldrums. Instead, readers are treated to a deceptive compilation of falsehoods — one story after another to
keep Americans in the dark about truly serious matters.

The Story of Inflation begins, “The dictionary defines inflation as a substantial and continuing rise in the general price level.” That, of
course, is as faulty a definition as the claim that wet streets cause rain. But note that the Fed placed the blame for this gross falsehood on the
dictionary, not itself, meaning in part that reliance even on a dictionary isn’t always the wisest course. The bulk of the pages in this booklet
proceeds from that totally incorrect definition to shifting blame for inflation’s scourge away from the Fed toward a variety of other targets, such
as business leaders not producing enough goods.

The Story of Money relates a few basic truths about the history of money and then concludes that the “job of the Federal Reserve System [is to] make
sure that the U.S. money supply grows at the right rate.” Sadly, many Americans would accept that summation without question.

Just read the "creation of the reserve" comic and I can say that I am thoroughly disgusted.

Basically the story goes that there was no such thing as money before the colonies, only barter and that the banking systems prior to the Reserve were
the cause of war. All the wars after the Reserve were not because of monetary policy, they simply "overwhelmed" the Fed.

Pay attention to the images too; there were a couple I noticed that are definitely meant to be subliminal propaganda.

They say inflation is caused by one guy raising his prices causing everyone else to raise their prices in responce. Then they spout the fiction that
all these raising prices will result in us getting a higher paycheck because our employers are bringing in more money from the higher prices they
charge. Pfft, like that'll ever happen, the employers will use that extra money to pay for the higher prices to operate their business first. The
employee always comes last. They even have the gall to insinuate that raising pay checks are what causes inflation, not their banking policies!!

Then they try to come off like the Fed works to CONTROL inflation and keep it at reasonable levels. HA! What a load of crap that is! Inflation is the
decrease in the value of money caused by the growth of the money supply. They forgot to mention that inflation was almost unknown in the US before the
creation of the FED.

Economists generally agree that high rates of inflation and hyperinflation are caused by an excessive growth of the money supply. Views on which
factors determine low to moderate rates of inflation are more varied. Low or moderate inflation may be attributed to fluctuations in real
demand for goods and services, or changes in available supplies such as during scarcities, as well as to growth in the money supply. However, the
consensus view is that a long sustained period of inflation is caused by money supply growing faster than the rate of economic growth.

Originally posted by FortAnthem
Yechh! I've been looking at their little "Story of Inflation" comic.

They say inflation is caused by one guy raising his prices causing everyone else to raise their prices in responce. Then they spout the fiction that
all these raising prices will result in us getting a higher paycheck because our employers are bringing in more money from the higher prices they
charge. Pfft, like that'll ever happen, the employers will use that extra money to pay for the higher prices to operate their business first. The
employee always comes last. They even have the gall to insinuate that raising pay checks are what causes inflation, not their banking policies!!

Then they try to come off like the Fed works to CONTROL inflation and keep it at reasonable levels. HA! What a load of crap that is! Inflation is the
decrease in the value of money caused by the growth of the money supply. They forgot to mention that inflation was almost unknown in the US before the
creation of the FED.

Economists generally agree that high rates of inflation and hyperinflation are caused by an excessive growth of the money supply. Views on which
factors determine low to moderate rates of inflation are more varied. Low or moderate inflation may be attributed to fluctuations in real
demand for goods and services, or changes in available supplies such as during scarcities, as well as to growth in the money supply. However, the
consensus view is that a long sustained period of inflation is caused by money supply growing faster than the rate of economic growth.

edit on 9/14/10 by FortAnthem because: Typos cause by the chunks of stuff I blew over my keyboard from reading that Fed comic.

Of course they would leave that little factiod out,FortAnthem don't want the kiddies to dig any deeper,FED:We are in control there is
nothing wrong with the economy folks here,watch some football and whatever reality show.Here
s 500 channels of it now shut up.

According to the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve is independent within government because "its decisions do not have to be ratified by the
President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branch of government."

...

In other words an unchecked license to print money which is absolutely worthless except because Government tell us it holds value, no gold, no silver,
and nothing else to back it up, other than the fact that they tell us that they accept it as legal tender, to remit for payment of all debts private
and public, ushering us faster towards the cashless society.

Gee, and we seem to think that Joseph Goebbels was the master of propaganda.
This is just the beginning. There is an all out assault on our children though the empire called the public school system. The Nazi's had training
schools and the youth programs. We are just going about it in a more subtle way. Comic books, little newspapers used in class, presentations on this
and that and worst of all, white-washing history so that our children don't know and can't protect themselves from the atrocities of the past
reoccurring.

I ordered all 11 available. I have a feeling I'll be showing these to my grandchildren in 40 years or so in much the same way as my grandparents
showed me old Captain America comics where he advised children to tell their parents to buy war bonds and other Office of War Information bullcrap.

Originally posted by burdman30ott6
I ordered all 11 available. I have a feeling I'll be showing these to my grandchildren in 40 years or so in much the same way as my grandparents
showed me old Captain America comics where he advised children to tell their parents to buy war bonds and other Office of War Information bullcrap.

The following items will be mailed to you by the publishing Federal Reserve District as soon as possible.

PUBLICATION QUANTITY
Story of the Federal Reserve System, The... 1
Too Much, Too Little... 1
Story of Monetary Policy, The... 1
Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange, The... 1
Story of Inflation, The... 1
Penny Saved..., A... 1
Story of Banks, The... 1
Story of Money, The... 1
Story of Checks and Electronic Payments, The... 1
Once Upon a Dime... 1
Wishes and Rainbows... 1

Federal Reserve Structure and Functions
Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions
Wishes and Rainbows
The Fed Today
Federal Reserve Consumer Help
Once Upon a Dime
Story of Checks and Electronic Payments, The
Story of Money, The
Story of Banks, The
Penny Saved..., AStory of Inflation, The
Story of Foreign Trade and Exchange, The
Story of Monetary Policy, The
Too Much, Too Little Story of the Federal Reserve System, The Day in the Life of the FOMC, A
U.S. Monetary Policy-An Introduction
IN PLAIN ENGLISH (Booklet): MAKING SENSE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
IN PLAIN ENGLISH (DVD): MAKING SENSE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE

Not sure if I should stock up on antacid or barf bags for when they arrive.

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